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Tulu Nadu is bounded on the west by the Arabian Sea and on the east by the Western Ghats. With Chandragiri river forming a historical southern border. Tulu Nadu spans an area of 8,441 km 2 (3,259 sq mi), roughly 4.4 per cent of the total geographical area of present-day Karnataka and Kasaragod district is the northernmost district of Kerala.
From India's independence and following the reorganization of states, the Tuluvas have been demanding national language status for Tulu [22] and a separate state for themselves called Tulu Nadu ('land of Tuluvas'), based on their language and distinct culture. Though somewhat subdued for a while, this demand has grown stronger in recent years.
The Bunt (/ ˈ b ʌ n t /, [1] Tulu: [bɐɳʈɐɾɯ]) people are an Indian community who historically have inhabited the Tulu Nadu region in South India. [2] Bunts were traditionally a warrior-class or martial caste community, [3] [4] with agrarian origins, [2] forming the landed gentry of the region. [5]
According to the works of Sangam literature (300 BCE – 300 CE), [5] [6] [7] Tulu Nadu was one of the 12 socio-geographical regions included in the ancient Tamilakam. [8] Tulu Nadu must certainly at one time have formed part of ancient Kerala (Chera dynasty), where the western coastal dialect of Old Tamil was spoken. [9]
M.K.Seetharam Kulal: Tulu-Kannada dramatist, author, poet; Karnataka State Tulu Sahithya Academy Award (2014) Madhvacharya: proponent of Dvaita (Dwaita) philosophy; Muddana: poet; Venkataraja Puninchathaya: Scholar; Kayyar Kinhanna Rai: poet and activist; Bola Chittaranjan Das Shetty: author; Vishwesha Teertharu (Pejavara Shreegalavaru)
This is a list of communities of Tulu Nadu, a Tulu-speaking region spread over parts of present Karnataka, India (In alphabetical order). Billava; Bunt; Daivadnya Brahmin; Devadiga; Goud Saraswat Brahmins; Tulu Gowda; Koraga; Kota Brahmins; Mera; Mogaveera; Moolya; Sapaliga/Sapalya; Shettigar; Shivalli Brahmins; Sthanika Brahmins; Kottari/Kotari
Tulu is more accepted as the primary language in the north of the Tulu Nadu region, with the areas south of the Netravati river demonstrating a more traditional, although gradually diminishing, distinction between that language and the situations in which Kannada is to be preferred. A form of the Tulu language known as Common Tulu has been ...
Tulu people (5 C, 55 P) Tuluva (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Tulu Nadu" ... Tulu language; Tulu Nadu state movement; List of Tulu people; Tuluva dynasty